The case has triggered an emergency lockdown in the North, but officials in Seoul say the man had no record of infection or contact
South Korea has said that a defector who recently fled to the North does not appear to have contracted Covid-19, a day after Pyongyang imposed a lockdown near the border, claiming the man was its first recorded case of the illness.
North Korean state media reported on Sunday that the 24-year-old man, who was reportedly in quarantine, was displaying symptoms of coronavirus after returning to his homeland across the border separating the two Koreas last week.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3hFtKP6
